Daniel Salmon of BMO Capital Markets and Joanna O’Connell of Forrester Research offered their predictions about the digital advertising ecosystem in 2011. Daniel Salmon, Equity Research Analyst, BMO Capital Markets The average tenure of Chief Marketing Officers will begin to increase again as “digital natives” ascend to the top marketing roles at a faster clip […]
James Deaker recently joined Yahoo! as VP Data Solutions and Insights after leaving his position at Microsoft as Director, Monetization Excellence. He discussed his new role and publisher strategy with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Tell me about your new role and why it’s a good fit for you. JD: I’m joining Yahoo! because I’m amazed by Yahoo!’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. OMG Trading Desk Rebrands Omnicom Media Group’s display media trading desk has re-branded with a brand new website – and an active twitter account to boot! The site explains, “Accuen is a leading digital media acquisition platform that combines media, data, technology and strategy […]
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AdExchanger.com reached out to the agency community for their predictions about the digital advertising ecosystem in 2011. This is part two of predictions from the agency world. Click a name below to begin, or scroll: Adam Cahill, EVP, Media at Hill Holliday Jason Deal, SVP, Digital Group Account Director, Initiative USA Dax Hamman, iCrossing, VP […]
Josh Resnik is VP/GM of Gannett Digital Network. AdExchanger.com: First, what is the Gannett Digital Network – an ad network? And where does it fit in the Gannett “mothership”? JR: We are not an ad network. We are a group of owned and operated media sites that are equipped with ad network-quality targeting capabilities (e.g. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Revealing The Affiliate Biz Convertro CEO Jeff Zwelling shares some of his company’s experience in measuring conversions and attribution for client publishers and says that affiliate marketing can be a minefield if some of his client’s experiences are taken into consideration. He offers, “One […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side – and those servicing it – of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based, demand-side trading, specialist firm, Infectious Media Ltd. There’s a huge change going on at the moment. It’s an exciting time, but I was really struck by […]
AdExchanger.com reached out to the web publishers for their predictions about the digital advertising ecosystem in 2011. Click a name below to begin, or scroll: Bob Carrigan, CEO, IDG Communications, Inc. Tyler Fitch, Director, Yield Management, Mindjolt Marc Goldberg, SVP, Business Development, About.com Josh Jacobs, SVP Brand Advertising Products and Global Marketing, Glam Media Richard […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. IE 9 To Block Cookies The next version of Microsoft’s web browser, Internet Explorer 9, will include a feature which will empower users to block cookies being set by ad targeters. The new IE is scheduled to be released some time next year. The […]
AdExchanger.com reached out to the video advertising, technology community for their predictions about the digital advertising ecosystem in 2011. Click a name below to begin, or scroll: Bill Day, CEO, Tremor Media Toby Gabriner, President, Adap.tv Scot McLernon, CRO, YuMe Dave Morgan, CEO, Simulmedia Atul Patel, CEO, OneScreen Inc. Bill Day, CEO, Tremor Media As […]
AdExchanger.com reached out to the publisher technology community for their predictions about the digital advertising ecosystem in 2011. Click a name below to begin, or scroll: Frank Addante, CEO, Rubicon Project Michael Barrett, CEO, AdMeld Tom Chavez, CEO, Krux Digital Mario Diez, CEO, quantrantONE Rajeev Goel, CEO, PubMatic Marc Kiven, Founder and CRO, Bright Tag […]
Last week, Better Advertising announced that it would be directing the Open Data Partnership (ODP), which “will provide consumers with full transparency into this data and enable them to edit their information or opt out completely from any participating company’s cookie.” According to the release, initial partners include 33Across, Bizo, BlueKai, Demdex, eXelate, Lotame, SafeCount […]
Lotame, an online advertising marketing technology company, announced yesterday that it had taken $11 million in Series C funding from all of the company’s existing investors including Hillcrest, Battery Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures. Read the release. Lotame CEO Andy Monfried discussed what Lotame is going to do with all that cash as well, the data […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. More Yahoo!-AOL Rumors In a re-hash of an old rumor, Reuters reported yesterday that the AOL-Yahoo! combination is still simmering, but what parts remain after a merger are up in the air. In an effort to concentrate on combining the two companies core media […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rob Leathern, CEO of XA.net, an online advertising company. What’s an ad network anyway? Some would say: an entity that manages yield for both publishers and advertisers, […]
AdExchanger.com reached out to the agency community for their predictions about the digital advertising ecosystem in 2011. This is part one of predictions from the agency world. Click a name below to begin, or scroll: Tim Hanlon, CEO/Managing Director, Velociter, Mediabrands, IPG Tom Hespos, Chairman, President, Underscore Marketing Vik Kathuria, Managing Partner, Mediacom, WPP Group […]
At first blush, recent acquisitions in the video ad network space give the appearance the video ad business is on fire – in a good way. But, digging deeper, it seems that exits may not be happening at the levels first imagined for some video ad network entrepreneurs and investors as there have been quite […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Zynga And The Ad Business Mediaweek’s Mike Shields eyes the growing social gaming phenomenon led by Zynga. Shields wonders if ignoring the ad market will bite Zynga in the posterior down the road:“Some say that Zynga’s engineer-heavy culture just isn’t that interested in advertising. […]
“The Debate” is a column focused on the current debate around ad targeting and consumer privacy. Today’s article is written by Russell Glass, CEO, Bizo. This article is about the importance of transparency. In that vein, let me start out by saying that I am the CEO of a company that specializes in business audience […]
AdExchanger.com reached out to the digital advertising community for their predictions about the digital advertising ecosystem in 2011. The following predictions are from Siddharth Chaudhary, Senior Product Manager, Omniture, an Adobe Company. Demand-side platforms and their close cousins will continue to distance themselves from cracking the code of performance advertising for Display; instead they will […]
Benny Arbel is CEO and founder of MyThings, a B2B personalized retargeting company. AdExchanger.com: Please share how MyThings has pivoted since it was established in 2005 and arrived at a personalized retargeting business model? What have you learned? BA: The change has been more of an evolution than a revolution. When founded, myThings provided behavioral […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Data Providers Unite The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel covers a new consortium of data providers called the Open Data Partnership which is intended to help consumers understand what is known about them and what isn’t. Steel writes, “The project is the first of […]
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David Soloff is CEO of Metamarkets, a publisher analytics company. AdExchanger.com: What have you been up to in the 5 months since last we spoke? DS: Four things: expanding the core engineering team, building the product, deploying with early customers, iterating tightly. We’re building a very large scale data processing and predictive analytics infrastructure to […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Ali C. Mirian is VP, Product and Technology, at IAC Advertising. It was the greatest cheddar cheese I have ever tasted. Sweet, yet subtly sharp, and utterly mouth-watering. Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont has one goal – to produce, age […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Do-Not-Track Bubbling The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a draft report recommending that a do-not-track function be implemented. From the release: “The Commission recommends a simple, easy to use choice mechanism for consumers to opt out of the collection of information about their […]
“Now Serving Mobile” is a column focused on the audience-buying opportunity in mobile advertising. AdExchanger.com asked Michael Nevins, Senior Partner at Breakpoint Digital, a digital consultancy, to break down the mobile display advertising channel. This is the second in a series of columns devoted to mobile display and its parts. In my last post, Mobile […]
All Things D’s Peter Kafka reports that AppNexus direct access to Google DoubleClick Ad Exchange display ad inventory has been cut-off temporarily for what appears to be one of two reasons – which actually may be intertwined. Kafka quotes a Google spokesperson who suggests there may have been something going on with an unidentified campaign(s) […]
